Challenging Reductionism in Analyses of EU-Russia Energy Relations

Judge, Andrew; Maltby, Tomas; Sharples, Jack

doi:10.1080/14650045.2016.1222520

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“…Physical energy relations are studied by analysing the flow of fuels and electricity between Finland and Russia and the infrastructure that connects the energy systems. In line with the critiques of the framework [62], we would like to stress that the influence of Russia cannot be reduced to simple import dependence, and therefore the second dimension is important. The dominance of energy in mutual relations is analysed with a content analysis of key strategic documents and official statements by looking at the perceptions actors give for energy (in)security.…”

Section: Interdependence Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…Finally, Casier [53] argues that increasing threat perceptions of the EU energy security are not so much a result of increased import dependence from Russia, but are due to increased competition and geopoliticisation of EU-Russia relations in general. That is, perceptions are reproduced in the energy sector that may lead to a reductionist and simplified geopolitical frame and physical import dependence should not be directly conflated as political dependence [62].…”

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Finland’s Dependence on Russian Energy—Mutually Beneficial Trade Relations or an Energy Security Threat?

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Studies on energy security in the context of relations between European Union (EU) and Russia tend to focus on cases, with an open conflict related to supply, such as “hard” energy weapons, or on only one fuel, often natural gas. However, there is a need to understand the long-term impacts that energy relations have politically, economically and physically, and their linkages between resilience, sustainability and security. We analyse the Finnish-Russian energy relations as a case study, as they are characterised by a non-conflictual relationship. To assess this complex relationship, we apply the interdependence framework to analyse both the energy systems and energy strategies of Finland and Russia, and the energy security issues related to the notable import dependence on one supplier. Moreover, we analyse the plausible development of the energy trade between the countries in three different energy policy scenarios until 2040. The findings of the article shed light on how the trends in energy markets, climate change mitigation and broader societal and political trends could influence Russia’s energy trade relations with countries, such as Finland. Our analysis shows that Finland’s dependence on primary energy imports does not pose an acute energy security threat in terms of sheer supply, and the dependence is unlikely to worsen in the future. However, due to the difficulty in anticipating societal, political, and economic trends, there are possible developments that could affect Finland.

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Section: Interdependence Frameworkmentioning

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Finland’s Dependence on Russian Energy—Mutually Beneficial Trade Relations or an Energy Security Threat?

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“…Paramount among those constitutive Others is still Russia. Because of the tension-laden relations between Russia and the West, the growing western concern over Russia’s influence in the world, and the long-time controversies and ambiguities about how Russia fits into the imaginaries of Europe and the West, the linked concept of Eurasia has received more attention in recent years (Judge et al, 2016). Just as Russia is promoting traditional geopolitical views, so is the European Union getting more comfortable with the imagery of empire (Ikani, 2019; Pänke, 2019).…”

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Political geography III: Bounding the International

Kuus

2019

Progress in Human Geography

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This report focuses on the imaginaries and practices that demarcate space at the international and supranational scale. I will first review political geographic scholarship on region-making and regionalism, using the studies of Europe and the Belt and Road Initiative as examples, and I will then highlight some central themes in the current research on international borders. The report highlights the flexibility of bounding practices and the polymorphic character of borders. It underscores the resilience of state power and the transformations of sovereignty currently under way. It concludes by underscoring the interdisciplinary character of the relevant work.

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“…The Russian leadership as well as the parastatal energy companies have argued, as have many European politicians and scholars (Kivinen 2012;Perovic 2009, p. 11), that Russia is only pursuing stable market relations and economic prosperity via energy exports and downstream businesses -energy is only business and driven by economic interests. For example, Rutland (2008, p. 209; see also Judge et al 2016) argues that Russia's ability to influence foreign states via energy relations has been exaggerated. The main argument is that Russia would not jeopardize its energy relations with the EU, its biggest customer, by using energy as a leverage for political goals.…”

Section: Energy As 'Business Only' and 'A Weapon'mentioning

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The Energy of Russia

Tynkkynen¹

2019

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Preface vi Acknowledgements ix 1 Introduction: hydrocarbon culture amidst a changing climate 1 2 Russia's energy via a spatial prism: energy flows in a mycelium of power 3 Energy as domestic power: the case of Gazifikatsiya Rossii 4 Energy as international power: the case of Russian-Finnish energy trade 5 The national taboo of hydrocarbon culture: changing the Arctic environment 6 The global taboo of hydrocarbon culture: "There is no climate change" 7 The climate is changing Russia: from a hydrocarbon to an ecological culture 114 References 131 Index 151 v

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Challenging Reductionism in Analyses of EU-Russia Energy Relations

Cited by 32 publications

References 12 publications

Finland’s Dependence on Russian Energy—Mutually Beneficial Trade Relations or an Energy Security Threat?

Finland’s Dependence on Russian Energy—Mutually Beneficial Trade Relations or an Energy Security Threat?

Political geography III: Bounding the International

The Energy of Russia

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